The Nigeria Football Federation was left red-eyed
and livid with rage after two matches in amateur
league games produced what ordinarily should
have shattered the Guinness Book of World
Records with 146 goals.
Plateau United Feeders produced a mind-boggling
79-0 victory over Akurba FC while Police Machine
FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0. All teams were
involved in promotion play-offs in which the
winners would qualify to play in Nigeria
Nationwide League Division 3.
The matches were going on simultaneously and
Plateau and Police Machine were in contention for
promotion.
The two winners were apparently monitoring their
scores and kept recording the goals to outdo each
other. The Nigeria Football Federation, alarmed by
the scandal, reacted swiftly by placing the four
teams on indefinte suspension and dismissed the
results as laughable.
DO OR DIE AFFAIR: A typical scene from the
Nigerian league.
“It is unacceptable. This is a scandal of huge
proportions. The four teams involved are
suspended immediately and indefinitely, pending
further sanctions. We will investigate this matter
thoroughly and get to the bottom of it,” Chief
Mike Umeh who is the first Vice President of NFF
said.
The highest number of goals scored in a single
game by one team is also the largest margin of
defeat by any team and it was the Game between
Arbroath and Bon Accord in 1885 where the score
was 36-0 . The goals glut if allowed by NFF,
definitely, would have shot the teams into the
history books.
Group Sports Editor, Onochie Anibeze was
alarmed yesterday and asked repeatedly if the
goals were scored with legs or hands. He said
that match fixing was a criminal offence and that
those involved should be investigated and
prosecuted.
Also stunned by the massive scorelines, NFF’s
Director of Competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi
assured that the Organising Committee would
punish all persons and institutions indicted by the
investigation.
“For now, all the match officials are suspended.
The teams involved, their players and officials,
coordinator and anyone found to have played
some role in this despicable matter would be
severely dealt with,” Sanusi angrily said.

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Group Sports Editor, Onochie Anibeze was alarmed yesterday and asked repeatedly if the goals were scored with legs or hands. He said that match fixing was a criminal offence and that those involved should be investigated and prosecuted.

Big fraud.